Comair Flight 3272 Crash Kills 29 in Michigan, January 9, 1997
Date: January 9, 1997
Date: January 9, 1997
In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later. Date: June 2, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Date: May 15, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 15 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Peruvian Embassy Hostage Crisis Begins in Lima, December 17, 1997Chemical…
The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people. Date: May 10, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 10 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997US Sanctions Sudan Over Human Rights Abuses and Extremist Support November 3, 1997Sierra…
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. Date: August 25, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 25 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Sidi Daoud Massacre Kills 43 at Fake Roadblock,…
Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Date: December 27, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 27 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Comair Flight 3272 Crash Kills 29 in Michigan January 9, 1997US Sanctions Sudan…
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Date: July 1, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…